Vijay Yadav @ Vijay Kumar Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.12385 of 2025, decided 02-04-2025 by Satyavrat Verma, J. Vijay Yadav @ Vijay Kumar Yadav and Siti @ Vinit Kumar Thakur v. The State of Bihar. Anticipatory bail allowed in Kharik P.S. Case No. 195 of 2024 (District Bhagalpur) arising from alleged looting of shopkeepers and firing; offences under BNS Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 308(2), 308(5), 303(2), 109, 352 read with Arms Act Section 27. Conditions: surrender within six weeks; bail bond Rs. 25,000 each with two like sureties; Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; bail ends on charge sheet connecting petitioners; bonds cancellable for non-cooperation in investigation.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners, conditioned on arrest/surrender before the learned trial court within six weeks, bail bonds of Rs. 25,000 each with two sureties of the like amount each, and compliance with Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; the order lapses if a charge sheet connects the petitioners with the offence, and the trial court may cancel the bail bonds on a report of non-cooperation in investigation.